Seward had been stabbed in the face and neck with a Bowie knife by another conspirator, Lewis Powell. In a near miraculous ...

A pair of gloves carried by President Lincoln on the night he was shot could sell for over $1 million. Read about the Chicago ...

Readers of newspapers across America 160 years ago this week would have seen two similar headlines on the front page of their paper trumpeting the end of the Civil War: “Victory, Victory” and “The ...

In 2025, D.C. is celebrating 20 years of officially observing the holiday. A parade, festival, concert and fireworks will ...

Democracy is not simply the will of the majority; it must safeguard freedom of speech and association, uphold the rule of law ...

Steve Moore, President Trump’s former senior economic adviser, backed tech billionaire Elon Musk’s position in his public ...

"When we see efforts to erase our history...it's actually going to make us weaker [and] less informed," said Alan Spear tells ...

Ten months into the Civil War, the Union was ... of Liberia could bolster the Union war effort. Mercifully for Union generals, President Abraham Lincoln officially recognized the republic that ...

Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to El Salvador despite having legal protection from deportation. Lawmakers are demanding his return and criticizing the administration's ...

Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, joined by Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, and Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Maryland, ...

Black regiments led an as­sault on and eventually captured a key Southern fort helping bring the Civil War to an end. The ...

The GOP is now a hegemonic force in US politics. But much of that dominance is predicated on Donald Trump’s personal rule, ...